How it Works

No commitments. You pay only for what you receive and you manage your recurring deliveries to fit your life. When you register, you put a credit card on file or fund a pre-paid balance with a check. With at least 7 days notice, you can log onto your account from anywhere on the web and suspend a scheduled delivery for any reason. Your card or prepaid balance is charged 7 days prior to your scheduled delivery, after the suspension period has expired. You can also select a drop-off point if you'd rather pick-up your produce before you leave for vacation, for example. No strings attached. Cancel your membership at any time, for any reason. If you get good stuff, you pay a fair price. If you don't, you don't.

Standard recurring seasonal service. Each of the boxes described below is available in a small ($18) or standard size ($25), including the cost of delivery and is available for weekly or bi-weekly service. Once you register, a "best of the week" box fitting the description below will be delivered to your door every week (or every two weeks if you selected bi-weekly service) from April through November unless you turn off a scheduled delivery using the web, or you customize your box using the web store (more on that below). The best of the week boxes are: - Best of Everything ; This box includes the widest array of fruits and vegetables. The vast majority of this box will comprise produce grown by New Oaks or its Farm Partners, but it may also feature produce grown outside the immediate area or even outside the Southeast if its something (usually a fruit) that's just not available locally and we think its a great product. We don't think you should have to sacrifice to support local agriculture. - Locals Only! ; This box includes ONLY produce grown within a 70 mile radius of Durham. Along with our Farm Partners, we work hard to provide a tremendous variety of produce throughout the growing season (and beyond with season extension techniques like row covers or cold frames). With this package you enjoy only what NOF and our local partners have available. A truly local food supply. - Veg Please ; Vegetables only. Does not include fruits, berries, or melons by default, but you can still purchase them as add-ons when they are plentiful. - Herbicide and Pesticide Free; While NOF and our partners don't use the mindless commercial "spray programs" that lead to high levels of residual pesticides on much of the produce coming out of big corporate farms, we may apply pesticides as a last resort, unless you select this box, then you can be confident that only materials approved for certified organic production, if any, have been used on the produce you receive.

Winter Service - $20; Winter service features fresh lettuce mixes, greens, and carrots grown using cold frames or row covers as well as storage crops accumulated throughout the spring and summer growing season. Winter Service Members also enjoy the benefits of home delivery for the great add-on products like honey, jams and canned goods that are available throughout the year. The fruit and veggie boxes described above are available from April through November. The Winter greens box is THE box available from December through March. Like all of our seasonal boxes, Winter Service is available weekly or bi-weekly.

Customize your box and purchase additional value-added products using the web market.The web market is the tool you use to customize your box or purchase add-ons. Here's the idea... each item included in the best of the week box is assigned a value that is about what you would pay for it in a grocery store. You can remove specific items from the best of the week box and use the related credits to "purchase" other items from the web store. The web store is also populated with produce or value-added items that can be purchased in addition to your standard box. We call these products "upgrades." We work hard to offer you unique upgrades from sustainable farms throughout NC.

You do not have to be home to accept a delivery. We drop off produce on shady stoops or a side entrance all the time. The key to produce staying fresh longer is cooling it effectively as soon as its harvested (in the industry this is called removing the field heat). If the field heat is removed properly, sitting outside in a shady spot for an afternoon will hardly have a noticeable impact on the life of most produce. Quality.New Oaks Farm is responsible for the quality of everything you recieve, whether it comes directly from us, one of our partners or a third party. If you are not completely satisfied with something, call us and we will replace the item with an item of equal value that you choose and we'll bring it in your next delivery. We stand by our produce.